Matching Pairs Properties of Real NumbersOnline version Matching properties to examples by Lisa Schroeder 1 Inverse Property of Multiplication 2 Commutative Property of Addition 3 Associative Property of Addition 4 Identity Property of Multiplication 5 Inverse Property of Addition 6 Commutative Property of Multiplication 7 Distributive Property 8 Identity Property of Addition 9 Associative Property of Multiplication y x 1/y = 1 and 1/y x y = 1 (y does not equal 0) (a x b) x c = a x (b x c) 0+r =r and r+0=r a + b = b + a a+(b+c) = (a+b)+c a x b = b x a a(b + c) = ab + ac a+(-a)=0 and -a+a=0 q x 1= q and 1 x q = q